Kevin Hart net worth

Net Worth: $9 Million

About Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart net worth currently amounts to $9 million dollars. He started his career as a stand-up comedian right after graduation from high school and over the years worked his way into some of the biggest clubs in Los Angeles and New York. Kevin’s debut comedy album, entitled I’m A Grown Little Man, reached the stores in 2006 and enjoyed a considerable commercial success. In 2011 he launched a comedy tour, called Laugh At My Pain. A lot of the material used in his program was based on Hart’s experience from his recent divorce. Laugh at My Pain sold millions of tickets and became one of the most successful tours that year, grossing $15 million. Needless to say, the revenues from this show made a solid contribution to the current Kevin Hart net worth.

Kevin was born in Philadelphia, in 1980. His father’s addiction to cocaine, which was followed by numerous legal issues, encouraged his mother to raise her sons alone. Back in the day the family’s financial situation was difficult, to say the least. However, Nancy has strongly believed that deprivation would damage her kids less than the life with a drug addict. Although Henry, Kevin’s biological father, moved out following his divorce with Nancy, the news about his arrest and imprisonment has reached the boys and cost them a lot of nerves. Kevin developed his sense of humor as a means to cope with his pain caused by his father.

Hart’s career in entertainment business started back in the 1990s, when the teenager was living in his hometown. Despite his greatest efforts, it took a while before Kevin Hart net worth started to grow. In the beginning he had to work as a shoe salesman in order to provide for himself and help his mother. As soon as he saved enough money to survive for the couple of months, Hart moved to New York and later to Massachusetts. Back in the day the future millionaire bounced between small clubs, performing to the handful of audience, unable to find his own, unique style of comedy. Few came to see him and even fewer left Kevin’s show with a positive impression.

The person that set Hart’s career on the path to success was Keith Robinson. The comedy veteran has advised Kevin to draw the material from his real-life experience, instead of relying on made-up jokes. With some help from Keith, Kevin garnered recognition as a stand-up comedian and even started being compared to Bernie Mac, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer and Steven Harvey, often regarded as “Kings of Comedy”. Kevin Hart net worth growth gained momentum as he began developing his own situation comedy on ABC television, called The Big House.